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Republicans pushed forward with a bill to strip the Obama administration of discretion in deporting illegal immigrants during a raucous hearing Tuesday where Democrats cited a senator’s embarrassing involvement with a District of Columbia madam.

Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, said he filed the “Hinder the Administration’s Legalization Temptation” Act, or HALT, to stop the administration from granting a “backdoor amnesty” through prosecutorial discretion.